Display stand



July 18, 1933.- J. GORE 1,918,329

DISPLAY STAYND Filed Jan. 21, 1932 John Gore TTORN EY5 UNITED ATES Patented July 18, 19 33 I PANY, or cANA oHARIn, NEW Yon-ma QOR-PORATION on. NEW YORK.

= nIsrtAY STAND Application filed January 21,1932. swat-N01 587,840. I

abottom wall 22, and a-rear wall 24 The I My invention relates to display stands, and has special reference to such stands that are particularly adapted for displaying packages of fruitdrops, chewing gum and 4" other confections.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a stand of the character inclicated which is of simple, strong and durable construction, and which is capable ofdisplaying a large number offarticles to the best advantage, and in such manner that they maybe conveniently selected and removed by the purchaser.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of my improved display stand 'in its preferred form; Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. l; and

Figure 3 is a detail sectional view, on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 33 of I Fig. 2.

riveted to the vertical flanges 5. A sheetv walls are provided with inwardly turned.

flanges 5. The front edges of the side walls are connected by an angular strip6 of sheet metal, and the upper and lower portions of the rear edges of the sidewalls are connected by sheet metal strips 8 and 10 that may be metal strip 12 of channel form may be secured to the side walls by riveting its ends to the horizontal flanges 5. The stand may sit on rubber supporting buttons 14 on the horizontal flanges 5 of the side walls.

Reinforcing strips 16 are secured to the upper portions of the side walls 2, these strips being provided with inwardly turned flanges one of which is shown at 18. The upper inclined edges of the side walls are bent over the upper edges of the strips 16. v

Each of the shelves 4 is made of a single piece of sheet metal having a front rail 20,

front wall 6 has its upper edge bentover the front rail 20 of the lowermost shelf, the

NT- FF E JOHNGORE, 0F CA AJOHARIE, NEW YonK, AssIGNoR To BEECH-Nor PACKING, comrear wall ofithe uppermost shelf has its upa per edge bentoverthe upper edge of. the strip f 8, and the rear wall of each of the shelves other than said top shelf has its upper edge bent 'over the rail of the, next shelf above. r'The.severalishelves are secured to the strips 16 by -.ri-vets; 26 extending through flanges 28 on the bottom and rear lower portion of the rear wall is at'an angle of 120? to the bottom wall.

In displaying the packages on the stand,

they are arranged in piles or stacks of twenty-five, the packages in each stack being arranged horizontally one upon the other, and the packages in the several stacks on each shelf being arranged end to. end, each shelf being of such length as to permit six such stacks to be closely positioned together between vthe side walls.

Owing to the relative angular'arrangement of the bottom wall and the upper and lower portions of the rear wall of each shelf as above described, and the width of these parts, in arranging the several stacks, the cylindrical packages are'uniformly nested in the shelves in such a manner as tolinsure maximum stability and to permit the purchasers to conveniently remove the packa ages without danger of the stacks falling or becoming deranged, the several packages in i eaehstack being in uniform supporting con- The pyramid-like.

tact with each other.

stacks provided with uniformly straightfront sides that are arranged in more or less overlapping arrangement, attractively display a maximumnumber of the packages, and when the stand'is full, the shelves are hidden from View and the contents thereof have the appearance of one complete mass of packages uniformly arranged. V

In addition to the stand containing cylindrical packages 'of candies, packages of chewing gum 31 may also be similarly stacked on the shelves as shown, the packages of gum being of a width corresponding substantially to the diameter of the packages of candies.

,As the back of the stand is open, a con- Venient storage space isprovided for extra having a front rail, a'bottom wall inclined downwardly and rearwardly from said rail at an angle of approximately 10 to the horizontal, and a rear wall having upper and lower portions inclined forwardly from a longitudinally central dividing line, said upper and lower portions of the rear wall being arranged at an angle of approximately 120;

to each other and said lower portion being arranged at an angle of approximately 120 to the bottom wall; said shelves being made of sheet metal and the upper edge of the rear wall of each shelf being secured over" vthe rail of the shelf at the rear thereof. 7

2. A display stand of the classdescribed comprising vertical side walls, and shelves extending between the side walls one in front of the other in an'upwardly and'rearwardly inclined plane, each shelf having a front rail, a bottom wall and a rear wall having'upper and lower portions inclined forwardly, saidupper and lower portions of the rear wall being arranged at an angle of approximately 120 to eachother and said lower portion being arranged at an angle of approximately 120 to the bottom wall.

8. A display stand of the class described comprising vertical side walls and shelves extending between the" side walls one in front of the other in an upwardly and rear Wardly inclined plane, each shelf having a front rail, a bottom wall inclined slightly downwardly from the front rail, and a rear wall having upper and lower portions inclined forwardly at an obtuse angle to each other. V

JOHN GORE. 

